A power sharing agreement has emerged in Gaza between Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan after rival Palestinian MPs met for the first time in a decade, the Associated Press reports. Dahlan, Fatah’s former security chief in Gaza had been instrumental in negotiations between Egypt and Hamas which saw warming ties and a tentative agreement to ease the blockade on Gaza.

...Local pundits have not taken the new relationship with Hamas well. Emad Gad took to the pages of El Watan to call this a worrying development in light of the organization’s roots, history and connection to the Ikhwan, writes for El Watan.